Do this now: A step-by-step guide for encrypting your Android phone

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It seems like every week there’s a major new vulnerability found in Android. What makes this even worse for users is that it will likely take them forever to get desperately needed patches thanks to Android’s fragmented and decentralized software upgrade system. All the same, there is something that you can do right now to improve the security of your Android phone’s data: You can enable encryption on your device. RELATED:-Use this app to see if your Android phone is vulnerable to the ‘Stagefright’ bug Ars Technica has written up a very useful guide for encrypting multiple different kinds of devices and we found its section on Android encryption particularly-important since encryption isn’t enabled on devices by default. To enabled

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